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Thursday, November 11, 2010

Steven Gerrard today pledged to get Liverpool back to winning ways in Stoke on Saturday after shouldering some of the responsibility for our 1-1 at the DW Stadium. The ever-honest skipper knows he had a fantastic opportunity to clinch all three points late in the game when he hit the crossbar. And Gerrard also held his hands up to a misplaced one-two with Paul Konchesky just seconds before Hugo Rodallega's equaliser. But the 30-year-old - who assisted Fernando Torres's opening goal with a delightful ball through the Wigan defence - insists he and his teammates can take some positives from yet another game without defeat. "I tried to play a one-two that, if it had come off, could have been a good move," Gerrard explained. "You don't expect it to lead to a goal but, when it does, you have to take responsibility. "Then when I went through on goal, I maybe struck my shot too well but I should have scored - I expected to. As we haven't taken maximum points, maybe people should point a finger at me. "Besides those things, I'm happy with my form. After a fantastic win over Chelsea and having gone 1-0 up, of course we understand why people will be slightly disappointed." Gerrard believes the memorable victory over Carlo Ancelotti's team took a lot out of Liverpool - and matters were not helped by the fact Wigan had an extra day's preparation following their defeat to Blackburn on Saturday.